Mediation Plus Chair of Trustees and Wealden District Council
'Trustee of the Year 2014' award winner Barbara Molog (pictured receiving her award from Cllr Brian Redman) is looking for new
colleagues to join the Board of the community mediation charity at their
forthcoming AGM in October.
The Hailsham based organisation has been providing mediation
and conflict resolution services through their team of over 50 accredited
volunteer mediators since 2006 - including their highly regarded Time2Talk
intergenerational mediation service for young people which is supported by BBC
Children in Need. The Board of Trustees plays a pivotal role in helping the
three part-time management team and volunteers develop and deliver the service
across Eastbourne, Wealden and Lewes and is made up of a mix of mediators and
people from outside of the organisation with a wide variety of skills and
backgrounds.
Barbara, who joined the Board of Mediation Plus in 2012 said
"I have found the last two years very rewarding and have been delighted that we
have been able to help keep Mediation Plus running through challenging times for
the voluntary sector, while expanding new services such as delivering accredited
mediation training to local communities. We now want to bring in some new
Trustees with different backgrounds and experience to help us keep developing
new ways to spread mediation and conflict resolution skills to more
people."
Mediation Plus deals with referrals from local authorities,
neighbourhood police teams, housing associations and social or children's
services and would be especially interested to hear from prospective Trustees
who work or have experience in these areas, as well as in business development,
finance, marketing or legal services. Trustees meet six times a year and take
specific interest in different parts of the service.
Barbara added "Having had a long career in education and
training, it has been particularly pleasing that I have been able to get
involved with Mediation Plus development as a training centre with the Open
College Network and that we have been the first training organisation in the
country to create an accredited Intergenerational Mediation qualification, which
we have now delivered to other community mediation services such as Brighton and
West Sussex."
Anyone interested in becoming a Trustee with Mediation Plus
can find out more about them on their website or speak
to their Service & Development Manager Clive Gross on 01323
442781.
